Brontispa, Sharp, 1904

Borowiec, Lech, Świętojańska, Jolanta & Sekerka, Lukáš, 2019, Revision of the tribe Cryptonychini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) of New Caledonia, Zootaxa 4690 (1), pp. 1-71 : 6

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4690.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:18200D80-191F-4FEE-9B90-EAB43BEA218B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5940336

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A1D663-8761-E468-FF7D-FBAB02A97D9E

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Plazi

scientific name

Brontispa
status

 

Key to species of Brontispa View in CoL

1. Anterior corners of pronotum subhorizontal and distinctly projecting laterally, not continuous with anterior margin through small denticle or notch ( Figs 13 View FIGURES 9–15 , 20); frontoclypeus impuctate or finely punctate ( Figs 12 View FIGURES 9–15 , 19); smaller species, length below 10 mm ................................................................................................. 2

- Anterior corners of pronotum weakly projecting laterally and forming continuous line with anterior margin ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–8 ); frontoclypeus with several coarse punctures ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–8 ); larger species, length 13 mm ............................. B. caledonica sp. nov.

2. Frontoclypeus without deep foveae ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 9–15 ); antennomere II short, 0.3 × as long as antennomere I ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 9–15 ); apex of elytra with sharp or denticulate sutural angle and emarginate apical margin; body yellow, frons brown, pronotum with apical dark patch, elytra either largely dark brown or yellow with central brown spot but never with stripes ( Figs 9, 10 View FIGURES 9–15 ); larger species, length 8.00– 9.50 mm .................................................................. B. longissima ( Gestro, 1885)

- Frontoclypeus with pair of deep foveae apically (Fig. 19); antennomere II elongate, 0.8 × as long as antennomere I ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 182–185 ); apex of elytra with straight sutural angle and broadly rounded lateral angle; body yellow, each elytron with dark brown stripe on rows 3–5 (Figs 16, 17); smaller species, length 5.10–6.80 mm ........................... B. veitchiae Gressitt, 1960 View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

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